Bill Gothard dedicated his life and himself to helping people make wise decisions. He is now over 60 years old but through the years wrote many books to drive personal success. One thing he says that helped him as a young person was to “make a vow” in areas where he might fail. Here are 5 suggestions of things to do in the new year to build a successful 365 day plan:
1. Make a vow- Choose Gothard’s idea to help you safeguard yourself against things where you might be weak. Make a vow NOT to find yourself in that place, with those people, in that area, etc.
Gary Smalley suggests that we always leave the homelights burning for our family members.
2. Accept family members and love them unconditionally- We all make mistakes but we need family to stick with us through thick or thin. This year, just love your family members and always keep the homelights burning.
Rick Warren suggests that we all have an actual purpose for being on this earth.
3. Seek out your purpose and “just do it”. What is it that really LOVE doing and do it day in and day out.
Florence Littauer writes that by uncovering the roots of your personality, you’ll discover yourself.
4. Discover the real YOU. Are you in introvert or extrovert? Do you think to talk or talk to think? Are you organized or disorganized. How can you really BE YOU and affect for the positive others? Work on finding this out this year.
Benjamin Franklin once began a small “club” among friends. He called it “Junto”. In the club, he wrote rules that all would follow and here are some of them:
5. Develop a Strong Base for Meeting and Sharing- Who could you commit to this year? Could you meet monthly with some friends? Could you develop a team in which you grow and learn? Try this.